282 DR. J. G6. DE MAN ON THE PODOPHTHALMOUS 
a little longer than the peduncles of the external antenne, pro- 
jecting with their terminal joint beyond them. In the largest 
specimen the anterior legs project much beyond the antennal 
scales, exceeding them by the anterior fourth part of their 
carpopodites; in the youngest individuals, however, they are 
still longer than the antennal scales, but only project by the 
greater half of the hand beyond them. The carpopodites are 
nearly twice as long as the hands (the palm and the fingers taken 
together). In the largest specimen the legs of the second pair, 
which are much stronger than those of the first pair, are a little 
unequal, the right being the larger. The larger leg, measuring 
about 75 millim., is still a little shorter than the body; the arm 
does not reach to the anterior end of the antennal scales, 
but to about the middle of the carpopodite of the anterior 
legs, and the latter project as much forwards as the carpopodite 
of the larger leg. The carpopodite, measuring 13 millim., is a 
little shorter than the arm and a little shorter than half the 
length of the hand (the palm and the fingers taken together) ; it 
measures about two thirds of the length of the palm. Like the 
arm and the wrist, the palm also is nearly cylindrical, and longer 
than the fingers, the latter being as long as the wrist and 
measuring two thirds of the length of the palm. 
The slender fingers (18 millim. long) are quite close together, 
except at their basal thirds, where they are a little gaping; and 
here they are each armed with two or three small teeth, but they 
are provided with a thin acute edge along the two distal thirds 
of their inner margins. The other leg resembles the larger one, 
differing only by its smaller size. Both legs are very scabrous 
and rough, being covered with numerous small acute spinules, 
which are much larger along the under surface of the joints than 
on their upperside. The joints also are covered, though very 
sparsely, with minute hairs. 
In the smaller specimens, as in one that measures about 
55 millim., the legs of the second pair are also already unequal, 
the right being the larger. The arm of the larger leg, how- 
ever, now only projects its smaller anterior half beyond the 
peduncle of the outer antenne and the carpopodite half its 
length beyond the antennal scales. In these specimens the joints 
of the legs of the second pair present almost the same propor- 
